16 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 19th, 2006


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Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Family’s fond farewell to ‘Sir’ ______________by Faiza Afzaal______________


A CLITHEROE man, who was well-known in the area for his sporting. Masonic and school­ ing career, has died at the grand old age of 96. Tributes have been pouring in following the death


of Mr William Leonard King, pictured, a former teacher at Ribblesdale County Secondary School. Mr King spent the whole of his working life at the


school, from its opening in 1932 until his retirement in 1969. I t was a job he loved and found hugely rewarding as many generations of students and col­ leagues benefited from his wisdom, humanity and professional skill, always leavened by a lively wit and sense of humour. He taught mainly English, French and football,


and as deputy head, librarian and head of English, his influence was widely felt. His popularity was evident on a walk up the


street when he would be greeted by many cries of


“Sir”. His teaching career was interrupted by five years


war service as a wireless mechanic in the RAF. The experience was made bearable by the companion­ ship of a few kindred spirits. He played football, organised evening classes and


contrived to get home as often as possible, by routes and lifts, which he remembered in later years with astonishing vividness and accuracy. Born in 1909 in Clitheroe, Mr King and


his younger brother, Douglas, lived with their parents Billy and Annie King, first in Bright Street then in Montague Street. He was educated a t th e town’s SS


Michael and Jo h n ’s School and later Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, where he was Victor Ludorum and head boy. On leaving school, he completed an hon­


ours degree in French a t the University of Liverpool and The Sorbonne. This was followed by a teaching certificate. In 1935, he married Doris Garner and


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they shared 61 happy years together, rais­ ing two children, Patsy and Roger. Their family grew to include seven


grandchildren and 12 great-grandchil­ dren, who brought them much joy, but in 1996 they were saddened by the acciden­ tal death of their grandson, Christopher Blythe, a notable national journalist. Mrs King’s death, only five months later, was a severe blow. Throughout his life, Mr King gave valu­


able service to various Lancashire Coun­ ty Council Education Committees and was for some years press secretary to the county branch of the National Union of Teachers, sacrificing his Saturday morn­ ings to attend meetings in Manchester and evenings in writing reports. Saturday afternoons, however, were


devoted to football. Mr King was a gifted athlete, a running and football blue, and played with local te ams whenever he could. He was a thoughtful judge of the game, appreciating good play wherever he found it. Always keen on keeping fit, he walked


two miles into town regularly during his retirement and went swimming twice a week well into his 80s. Mr King was a life-long Francophile


and continued to study the language dur­ ing his retirement. In 1926, he acquired a French pen-friend, Eugene, and the resultant relationship has enriched the lives of four generations of both families. Mr King, who lived in the town all his


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taining after-dinner speaker. After his retirement in 1969, he and


some friends founded Clitheroe Probus Club and for 20 years he served as speak­ ers’ secretary, efficiently organising a var­ ied programme of speakers for the twice- monthly meetings. Despite feeling the loss of his wife over


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the 10 subsequent years, Mr King rose to the challenge of widowhood and contin­ ued to live in his own home, appreciating very much the loving support of his son, Roger, and his family which made this possible. Four months ago, increasing f ra ilty led to residence a t the Manor House in Chatburn, where he spent his last days comfortably. All his family are grateful for the excel­


lent care he received there until his death on October 7th - three weeks before his 97 th birthday. A funeral service will take place on


Tuesday a t St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, followed by cremation a t Accrington. Mr King is survived by his two children, his daugter-in-law and son-in-law, six grand­ children and 12 great-grandchildren, (s)


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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Letters to the Editor I— I rile to. The Editor, Clithcroc Ad'crliscr and Times, 3 King Street, Clithcroc BB72EW Editorial c-maii; vivicn.mcalh@cas(lancsncns.co.uk What’s wrong with


Old Hall Brow? ON driving to the top of Moor Lane today, on the way to visit my par­ ents, my eye was drawn to a new road sign. My immediate re a c tio n was:


“What have they called the Old Hall Brow that for?” As usual, on any contact with my


parents I am handed over any back copies of the Clitherpe Advertiser


and Times, and so I saw tha t there have indeed been comments about its new name. I know I am not as old as the “old


maps of Clitheroe”, but it is over 50 years since I started going to school at St Michael and St John's and in my time it was always “Old Hall Brow”. My husband was a police officer in


Clitheroe for quite a few years and it was always referred to as “Old Hall Brow”. It was always a bit of a chal­


lenge for the new police officers to find out “Where is Old Hall Brow?” Please get it back to i ts proper


name, or at least the one that most of the folk in Clitheroe remember it as. I am afraid the one chosen is not an easy name to remember and in the final analysis will anyone use it, or will it continue to be call “Old Hall Brow” or “Owd 'All Broo” in good Clitheroe Lanky dialect. ’


MARGARET SPENCER, via e-mail


A simple point: do


not drink and drive I REALLY have neither wish nor inten­ tion of participating in a protracted cor­ respondence, but perhaps you will allow me, as “the Reverend” in question, to express my perplexity a t Robin Parker’s latest letter (12/10/06 T endorse concerns of the reverend’). He begins by stating tha t he “under­


stands” and “endorses” my letter, and ends by contradicting it. My point was simple enough: i t is potentially (and sometimes actually) dangerous to drink alcohol and drive because we are not able to judge how much alcohol it takes to impair our driving ability. This is well understood by thoughtful, sensible peo­ ple. Does he agree? Endorsement (preced­ ed by assurances of his understanding) suggests he does. Yet his final sentences still claim that


the friend (“convivial....congenial....an appreciated member of the community” - despite his apparent willingness to put other lives in danger) was well able to judge how much he had drunk, and in any case, didn’t have an accident on the way home - so that proves it! So I ask him three direct and simple


questions: 1. Does he agree with me, or not, that


it is unwise to drink and drive? If he says ‘yes’ then he contradicts the final part of his letter; if he says “no” then he contra­ dicts his alleged “endorsement” of mine. 2. So his convivial friend didn’t actually


have an accident - how does he know that the reason for tha t was anything to do with the amount of alcohol consumed, rather than other circumstances (thank­ fully) not conspiring to create a situation in which an accident occurred? Somebody might be well over the limit, but by lucky circumstance not be involved in an acci­ dent: according to Mr Parker’s “logic”, that would then be a justification for driv­ ing over the limit. 3. Had an accident occurred and some­


one injured or killed, does he think his friend would still be “an appreciated member of the community”? I think he might, rather, find himself being called something akin (at least!) to “a selfish idiot”. (THE REV. CANON DR) PETER SHEPHERD, Euslham Street, Ciitheroe


Your letters . . .


® The Editor welcomes letters on any sub­ ject, but correspondents are reminded that contributions may be edited or condensed, must not exceed 3.50 words and should reach us by noon on Tuesday.


More letters - see page 41 l a hliK Keep a careful eye


on shopping bags ON Wednesday, October 11th, I went to collect my prescription, then to the council office, on to the Post Office to post a letter and then up to Boots to get our medication. I came back to get the 11 a.m. bus


to Low Moor and two more ladies were waiting for the same bus, but also two young girls came and stood on the left of me.


One spoke to me and then one spoke


to a lady waiting, but they did not get on the bus, but ran down King Street. I did not need my bag until later


that night when I found my purse was missing. I rang the police to say my purse had been stolen. I gave a good description of the two girls and then rang to stop my cards. This is all because I did not zip my


bag, so ladies remember to always zip your bag up.


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